In 1788 Jean Jacques Barthelemy ( 1716 – 95 ), a highly esteemed classical scholar and Jesuit, published The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, about a young Scythian descended from Anacharsis.

The new prominence of Anacharsis was sparked by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy's fanciful Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece ( 1788 ), a learned imaginary travel journal, one of the first historical novels, which a modern scholar has called " the encyclopedia of the new cult of the antique " in the late 18th century.

Anaxagoras, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle

Early medieval bookcase containing about ten codices depicted in the Codex Amiatinus ( ca.

The blood of a slain dragon is depicted as either beneficent or as poisonous in medieval legend and literary fiction.

Although high level of stylization, mystical appeal, and surreal elegance were often preferred over realism ( such as in shan shui style ), beginning with the medieval Song Dynasty there were many Chinese painters then and afterwards who depicted scenes of nature that were vividly real.

During the early second millennium, George came to be seen as the model of chivalry, and during this time was depicted in works of literature, such as the medieval romances.

Solon, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle

In medieval art, she was depicted as carrying a cornucopia, an emblematic ship's rudder, and the wheel of fortune, or she may stand on the wheel, presiding over the entire circle of fate.

King Mindaugas, Morta's husband, as depicted in medieval chronicles

However, there is no evidence that the Hu Gadarn of medieval Welsh tradition was anything like the culture hero of that name depicted by Iolo Morganwg.

Posidonius, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle

Theophrastus, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle

In medieval and classical European art, it was very rarely depicted, and male pubic hair was often, but not always, omitted.

Xenocrates, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle

In medieval Christian art, particularly in 16th century Germany, Cain is depicted as a stereotypical ringleted, bearded Jew, who killed Abel the blonde, European gentile symbolizing Christ.

In medieval art, St Dismas is often depicted as accompanying Jesus in the Harrowing of Hell as related in and the Apostles ' Creed ( though neither text mentions the thief ).

The book is considered the closest to an encyclopaedia of medieval saint lore that survives today ; as such it is invaluable to art historians and medievalists who seek to identify saints depicted in art by their deeds and attributes.

These types of morning stars are also depicted in medieval art.

A Black Madonna or Black Virgin is a statue or painting of Mary in which she is depicted with dark skin, especially those created in Europe in the medieval period or earlier.

In medieval England, the Bugbear was depicted as a creepy bear that lurked in the woods to scare children ; it was described in this manner in an English translation of a 1565 Italian play The Buggbear.

Unlike the medieval gardens depicted above, these gardens were ornate outdoor spaces where members of the court could convene and cool themselves from the intense heat of the sun.

In medieval art, he is depicted with his symbol, the hind.

When Christianity became the dominant religion and began coopting imagery from pagan myth, Satan was given the likeness of Pan, leading to Satan traditionally being depicted with a goatee in medieval and renaissance art, an image which persists into the modern era.

Decayed cadavers can also be used to depict death ; in medieval Europe, they were often featured in artistic depictions of the danse macabre, or in cadaver tombs which depicted the living and decomposed body of the person entombed.

The old coat-of-arms of Felsőőr depicted a medieval Hungarian frontier-guard ( Hungarian: őr ) with two swords in his hands, one raised as the symbol of attack, the other crossed as the symbol of defence.

He is depicted in art as being dressed as a scholar and he often bears a sword on his back that dispels evil spirits.

Often depicted wearing a robe and holding a hand fan made of crane feathers, Zhuge Liang was not only an important military strategist and statesman ; he was also an accomplished scholar and inventor.

Speusippus, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle

As one scholar explains that mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore had two goals: one to glorify the Virgin Mary as Theotokos, ( God-Bearer ); and the other as the scholar puts is “ a systematic and comprehensive articulation of the relationship of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian scriptures as one in which the Hebrew Bible foreshadows Christianity .” This is explained by the dual images of Old Testament and New Testament events depicted in the mosaics of the triumphal arch and the nave.

Literary scholar Boaz Arpaly wrote about the influence of biography on Amichai's poetry: " Literary criticism made the determination long ago that despite the autobiographical character of Amichai's poetry, the individual depicted in it is the typical Israeli everyman, and even in a wider sense, the individual as an individual of the twentieth century ( a poetics that interweaves the private with the typically generic )... Amichai routinely conflates biographical details from different times into one poetic framework, and exploits drafts and poetic ideas that were recorded in different periods, for a poem that would be written years later ".

Carneades, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle, where he is called " Carmeides ".

Vietnamese scholar Vo Thu Tinh also published a 1972 version adapted from the manuscript of Vat Kang Tha, and is depicted at Vat Oup Muong in Vientiane.

An historical romance, based on the life of Bernard Gilpin, concerning whom a good deal is known, and illustrated, by a competent historical scholar, with accurately stated incidents, in which the religious life of the Reformation period should be depicted, as graphically as Newman in Callista, or Pater in Marius the Epicurean, deincted the growth of Christian ideas in the early centuries of our era — such a book would certainly go far to fill the vacant place to which at the outset I referred ; and might, in the guise of fiction, obtain a wide circulation and popular acceptance, doing thus a great service to the cause of historical truth.

A similar wood post construction appears to be depicted in a relief carving at Borobodur, Java, which has caused one scholar to put forward the disputed theory of a prehistorical cultural exchange between the Marianas and Java.

For those of the Cardinal, Melanchthon, and Dürer's final major work, a drawn portrait of the Nuremberg patrician Ulrich Starck, Dürer depicted the sitters in profile, perhaps reflecting a more mathematical approach.

The Seven Sages, depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle

Sun dog phenomenon depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle

The first permanent paper mill north of the Alpes was established in Nuremberg by Ulman Stromer in 1390 ; it is later depicted in the lavishly illustrated Nuremberg Chronicle.

Lucius Papirius, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicles.

In the Florentine Picture Chronicle Paris and Helen are shown departing arm in arm, while their marriage was depicted into Franco-Flemish tapestry.

The Battle of Varna, as depicted in the 1564 edition of Martin Bielski's Polish Chronicle.

The Swiss chroniclers report how a huge pile of these shoe-tips was found in a heap after the battle, and they are also depicted in the background of the battle scene in the Lucerne Chronicle of 1513.

The crown depicted in the 15th century Fugger Chronicle.

Saint Andrew's prophecy of Kiev depicted in the Radziwiłł Chronicle.

St Andrew's prophecy of Kiev depicted in Radzivill Chronicle. The earliest description of the banya comes from the East Slavic Primary Chronicle of 1113.